Measuring and weighing device



4 Sheets-Sheet l April 12, 1927.

' V. SLEZAK MEASURING AND WEIGHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 14, 1922 Apria x2, 1927.

V. SLEZAK MEASURING AND WEIGHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 14, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 my n J.

April 12, 1927.

V. SLEZAK MEASURING AND WBIGHING DEVICE .t In,

A ril 12 T1927.

p v. sLEzAK MEASURING AND WEIGHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 14, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 35 vice,

Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES', PATENT oFFicE. l

vor emesso, fruitore. nnasunmeannwniennto nnvrcn. appunti@ :med anni@ 14,y 1112s. serial 1ro. santas.

These improvements riatsf'rst, ,to means.,

for determining substantiallythe height of a person` and, secondly to a device eomblning mea-ns for determinin both the welght 5 and substantially the height of a persona standing on the platform of the device.,y

The chief object of the height-measuring' v terfering withit. Another object iste/pro-A vide a coin-controlled device having such advantages.

Ageneral Objectis toprovide simple-andy conveniently-operable means, not" likely I readily to get out of order, for thefgpur-v poses `set forth. l n Still other yobjects advantages will appear hereinafter. f o With respect to the height-measuring de- Which may, of course, be separatelyv employed, the preferred mode of carrying the invention into practical effect is to provlde Y a series of heightfindications' substantially vertically arranged, with means for deter- 40 mining which of said indications vris substantially o posite the eyes` Iofthe person standing a jacentl theretoLthe indication which is substantially opposite hiseyes being-in` terms which include-the actual distancel from his eyes to the bottom" o`f his averageI distance in human heads `plus the of maturek size frointhe eyes to 4the top of the head.' y Thus, auming that ythe average 4vertical distance' Afletween `two horizontal no panes-ensei whatV pietro une;

pupils of. the eyes'udthe other o fwhiehl touches the top ofthe head is vfcurinches,

lheight from the the height of a person-.may be4 standing on the 1 view: taken AvView of thel weighing vcealed; and Fig. 9 is a yat a. particular p'e'rsons'-4 o bottom` of his feet to the` pupils of his eyes is fivefeet, his totaly height beingfth'erefore substantially five feet and` four inches, the indication' found to be opposits his 'eyeshwill be 5 4Z j, In'the accom anying drawings, which f form a ff art voflt is specification; I. have il- 00 lustrate a preferred embodiment of these.;y improvements bothl with respect to the height-measuring'device and with res ect to-` and assuming t the combined'V height-andweight-indicating l means. v y t. In. these drawings Figure 1 is a', perspec-` tive cir'y the combined instrument as it a pears when ready for operatiom'Fig. 2 1s an VJenlarged fragmentary view in verticali sectionr showing operative parts in Side view; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, as on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;, VfFigr/i; is a fragmentary .detail in section on f Wit-hrespect to the combined i'11stru`men- -*the line 4-4 o. of Fig. 3; 5 is a fragmentary nearly full-face view of the scale 7 5 *device having the reading indications there-v on; Fig.l 6 is an enlarged fragmentary rear sectionally through the outercasing showing the several mechanisms herein described; Fig. 7 is a greatly enlarged 80 mechanism shown in Fig'. 6; Fig. 8 is a fragmentary face View of the mirrorshowing height indications thereon as'graduations and showing sight openings, the reading indications being conview similar to that of Fig.v 8 showing the reading indications exposed 'through the sight openings and showing also a reflected image of a person reading his height. w

Referring to Fig. 1, the base of the device includesi'a horizontally-disposed casing 12 from which vertically rises a rectangular polygonal casing 13 upon which is secured theverticallyextending casing 14 having. rtheienlfrgeinent4 l5 constituting a housing for :thief-weighing mechanism. The` casing 12, 13, Hand 15 .may be considered as be read by a rson standing on the base. The up r casing 14 has a relatively long vertica y disposed sight opening so positioned that it will be directly op osite the head of a person standing on the ase.

The base 12 is covered by a platfrom 21 which has a small amount of downward movement. It is to be understood that the base 12 carries a system of levers of any approved form and arrangement such as is suitable in connection with platform scales. Such platform-supporting levers are not illustrated herein as they may be of any wellknown construction.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 6 it is to be understood that the weighing levers in the base 12 are operatively connected to the pull rod 23, as in ordinary platform scale practice, whereby when a person stands on the platform 21 his weight will induce downward movement of the pull rod 23. This pull rod 23 is connected to a lever 24 pivoted at 25 on the yoke 26 accommodating the sliding cross-head 27 which may be drawn downward relative to the yoke against the resistance of the coiled spring 28. A pair of stops 30 on the yoke 26 limit the downward movement of the cross-head 27, and when the cross-head engages these stops the full effect of the weight of the person on the platform is communicated through the cross-head to the pull rod 31 connected to the weighln lever 32 and which is drawn downwar against the resistance of the weighing spring 33.

The weighing mechanism illustrated is of a type and construction well known, and it is believed suicient here to point out. by reference particularly to Fig. 7,1that when the weighing lever 32 is pulled downward, as into its dotted line position in that view, the stop 34 is also moved downward to a greater or less extent according to the weight of the person on the platform; that when a coin strikes the plate 35 the dog 36 is raised out of engagement with the tooth 37 of the ratchet-like wheel 38 and that thereupon the sliding rack member 40 descends freely by gravitation until it strikes the stop 34; that the rack member 40 has teeth 41 en a 'n the pinion 42 on the shaft 43, on whicl saf the wheel 38 is also mounted, causing this shaft 43 to rotate. By reference to Fig. 2

it will be noted that the shaft 43 carries a bevel pinion 45 meshing with a bevel pinion 46 which is on a shaft carrying the pointer 47. From this description taken with the illustrations it is clear that according to the weight of the person on the platform the pointer 47 will move over the scale 18 to a greater or less extent, and thereby indicate the persons wei ht. When the person steps o of the plat orm the several weighing mechanism parts are restored to initial position.

I' do not claim an invention of Indy own in the weighing mec anism illustrate Inasmuch as any suitable weighing mechanism may be used a descri tion in` detail of particular weighing mec anism is not deemed to be essential here, and, furthermore, as stated, the one illustrated is well known.

Referring now to the height-measuring device, it will be noted from Fig. 6 that resting upon the lever 24 is a rod 50, and that the construction is such that thc lever 24 will have Nrelatively great movement at its end where the rod 50 rests upon it when relatively slight movement of the pull rod 23 occurs. W'hen a person steps upon the platform 21, therefore, the downward movement of the lever 24 permits the rod 50 to descend by gravitation a materially great distance. This rod 50 is slidingly mounted in a pair of projections 51 and 52 extending outwardly from a plate-like frame 53 secured as by screws upon a board base 54 (Figs. 2 and 3) which may be considered as substantially filling the space between the lat-eral walls of the housing 14 and which extends from its position shown in Fig. 3 upward substantially to the top of the casing 14. A stop member 55 is secured as by a set screw 56 upon the rod 50, and this stop member comes to rest upon the lower projection 52 and thus the downward movement of the rod 50 is limited, as shown by the dotted-line position of the stop member 55, in Fig. 6. The frame 53 carries an upstandin projection 53SL (Fig. 6) in they same p anes as the rest of the frame body, and since the member 55 travels closely adjacent to frame parts 53a and 531 the stop member 55 and the rod 50 are maintained against turning movements, and the stop member and the rod move as a unit always in the same vertical planes.

The frame member 53 is provided with a slot-like vertical opening at 57 (Figs. 3, 4 and 6) having an enlarged portion 58 at the top, and the wooden base 54 (Figs. 3 and 4) is provided with an opening 60 opposite the slot 57. The enlarged opening 58 is for aembling the parts.

From Fig. 3 it will well be seen that a plate of glass 62. which is to be considered a mirror, is held in the frame 14 by the board 54, and that the screws as 63 which hold the frame 53 upon the wood backing also hold the wood membel 54 to the frame The wood member 54 is provided from end to end with a vertical groove or recess indicated at 64 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) and by dotted lines in Fig. 6. lVithin this groove 64 is arranged a vertically sliding lat bar or strip 65, which may be of wood but which in my practice is of tin with side ed es beaded. Fig. 5 fragmentaril shows t is sliding member 65 as a uni orm strip in aov yopenings 67 which are apart to correspond with the spacing of the -68 may almost full-face view. On this member 65 are arranged reading indications in terms of feet and inches, these indications being spaced an inch4 apart in actual practice where they are intended to indicate differences of an inch between them.

The mirror 62'has a plurality of sight also spaced one inch reading indications on the vertically moving member 65. The sight vopenings 67 are directly opposite these and the result is that when the member 65 moves downward, say half an inch, the reading indications on thev member 65 are exposed to view through the sight openings 67 respectively, and, conversely, when the member 65 is moved upward, say half an inch, these reading indications will be concealed by the portionsof the mirror between adjacent ones of thc sight openings From Fig. 4 it will be noted that a platelikeprojecting member 68 is secured upon the sliding member'65, and that this member move vertically up and down in the openings 57 and 60. The member 68 carries i y a lug 70 which serves as a catch or sto for i coin therefore-induces movement of a mein-` are brought into view.

pushed upwar yAs soon asthecoin 77 slides off oft holding the member in raised position. In assembling the parts the lug passes through the enlarged opening 58. Cooperating means for holding themember 68-are the dog 71 (Fig y a weight 73 connected by ank arm 74 Ato this dog 71, and

nother leverfarm 75v also connected to the as 75. such that when ya coin '.77l strikes the 76 and moves it into its shown in Fig. 6 the do of engagementwith t e projection v70 permitting the member 65 tod tation until the part 68'strikes thestop 55, which stop 55 was lowered, it .will be recalled, through the action of the person stepmember 71,'a small plate 76 for a coin, 7, being lsecured at the end of the lever plate 71'is withdrawn out pingv upon the platform.l The weight oft ber, as 65, whereby thereadinggindications en the person steps oil of the platform thewei hing sprin and'wit it the pulfrod 31, and this movement coupled with the action of the spring 28 raises the lever 24 pushingupward the rod 50 and also the stop member 55, and, since the projection 68 is at such time resting on the sto l55 the projection 68 .is also and thereby the reading indicationsare moved into concealed osition. e plate 76 the weight 73 yrestores the rod 75 to its initial position." On the upward movement of the projection 68 the lug 70 forces the dog 71, away slightly until the' lug 70 passes reading indications,

lespectively.y

I 6) pivoted on a stud '72 rigid with the frame part 53",

e 'construction and arrangement arek dottedv line position,`

escend'fby gravi'- i 33 raises the lever .'32

ing of his by whereupon the lug 70 becomes caught by the dog 71 and the device is ready for another measuring operation.

The mirror 62 constitutes preferred means for determining A,when the eyes of the person being measured are substantially opposite a partlcularyindication closely associated with the'mirror, for instance some graduation thereon. To facilitate reference to the reading indications such as 5 3, 5 4", etc., showny on Fig. 9 the 'mirror is marked with indications in the form of graduations 80 and 81, as by etching lines horizontally on the vertically disposed mirror. y kThe main graduations 80 are associated with the reading indications while the graduations 81 indicate half-inch steps between the main indications. l

Referring to Fig. 9 it will be noted that the person measuring himself as to height has positioned his head so that he has the top of his ears and the ccnters'of his eyes respectively in a horizontal plane. For the purpose of illustration this plane is shown as being coincident with the main graduation 5 4, which indicates thatthe persons height is substantially five feet and four inches. This height of 5 4 was arrived at by adding say four inches as the average height between, horizontal planes. one of which passes through the eyes and the other of which touches the top of the head, to the actual distance from the eyes (with the head so positioned) to the soles of Athe 'feet of the personl standing on the platform. The operator could. tilt his head forwardand back so as to vary quite materially the distance from his eyes to the platform. He is therefore instructed to position his head so that the center of his eyes and `the ktops of his ears are in the same horizontal plane. as shown by the mirror. A standard `is thus found for establishing the height of each person from the platform to the pupils of ard lis to be understood as having been adapted in positioning the mirror vertically, so that all that remains is to vhave each indicationread interms which are say four .inchesgreater than'jthe height of the 'eyes so positioned. ,A Y

To operate 'the device a personsteps `upon the platform and depositan coin in the slot 83 (Figs. 1 and 6) and this coin, as 77, first trips'the lever-75 and next descends upon the plate 35 tripping the indicating means for the weighing mechanism, and thereupon the coin drops to a compartment in the lower part of the machine from which it maybe ltaken by an authorized-person through the door 84 (FigilL The person then consults the dial 18 to'- pbitain a readin ofhis weight, or hemay' first take a rea height the his eyes. This same stand- "manner described and then note his weight. Upon hisstepping off of the platform the parts of the weighing and measuring mechanisms respectively are restored to their initial relative positions.v

The invention is not limited to what is herein speciiicall illustrated and described, and reference s ould be had to the appended claims to determine the scope of the improvements herein set forth.

claim:

1. A height-measuring device of the character .described including a substantially vertically disposed mirror, said mirror having vertically-spaced-apartl sight .openings therein, a member having height indications thereon positioned adjacent to said sight openings and being mounted for movement to disclose said height indications through saidl sight openings and for movement out of such disclosing position, coin-controlled means for causing said member to move so as to disclose said indications through the sight openings when the device is in use, said indications being so arranged that the, one thereof which is substantially opposite the eyes of a person standing before said ini ror indicates substantiallyT the persons height, and means for moving said member to carry said indications out of such disclosing position when the devicey is not in use,y

2. A hei lit-measuring device of the char-y acter descrigbedincluding a substantially vertically disposed mirror, said mirror having vertically-spaced apart siglht openings therein, a member havin eight in ications thereon `positioned a jacent `to said sightl openin and being mounted for movement' to disc ose saidheight indications through-y said sight o enings and for movement out of such isclosing position, coin-controlled means for causing said' member to move so as to disclose said l indica'- tions throu h the sight openings when a person stan in ront of said mirror and deposits a coin in the device, said indications bein so arranged that the'one thereof which is su tantially opposite the eyes of a person standing before said mirror indicates subopenings res use, said indications being so ari-an stantially the persons height, and means re- 5o leasable by the persons ste ping away from in front of said mirror or moving said member to carry said indications out of such disclosing position.

3. A height-measuring device'of the character described including a substantially vertically disposed mirror, a vertically moving member having height indications thereon back of said mirror, said mirror having vertically s aced apart sight openings therein or disc osing said indications rwhen the device is in-use, the structure between said sight openin concealing said indications when the device is not in u se, coin-controlled means for causing said member to move and expose said indications through the sight ctively when the device is inv ed that the one thereof which is substantial y opposite the eyes of a person standing before said mirror indicates substantially the persons height, and means for restorin said member to initial position with sai indications concealed when the device is not in use.

4. A height-measuring device of the character described comprising a platform upon which aperson may stand, an upright frame member, a lvertically disposed mirror carried by the frame member, vertically arranged indications` movably associated with said mirror to' indicate various heights of persons respectively when standing on said platform, said indications having a' concealed vrelative position and an exposed relative p9- sition, coin-controlled means for moving said ,indications lto expose* them when a person stands on 'said Vplatform and deposits a coin inthe device, and means operable through the removal of weight from said platformfor moving said lindications into a concealed relative siti'on, said indications being so positione invertical arrangement that the 'one which issubstantiallyopposite the eyes ofl a person standing onl said platform, as

shown by said minera-indicates substantially 95 v the personasA height,v 1 v v p i viNcEN'r sLnzAK. 

